by Shandra LaMotte | Dec 12, 2021 | happiness, Personal Transformation Stories
I want to talk about something that I know a lot of us on the personal growth and transformation journey are struggling with, and that is self-compassion. This is something that many of us want more of in our lives, but we don’t know how to achieve that. Part of the...
by Britta Eskey | Jun 29, 2021 | compassion, Growth, happiness, personal growth
There’s so much pain and suffering in the world that demands our compassion. Yet it’s easy to be resistant to feeling compassion, because we’re afraid it might overwhelm us. But there’s a distinction between compassion and empathetic distress that’s important to...
by Shandra LaMotte | Feb 8, 2021 | Growth, happiness, Meditation, personal growth
From a global pandemic to racial and social turmoil, financial problems to divisions between family members and members of the country, the last year has been very difficult at all levels: socially, spiritually, mentally, and even physically. It can be tempting to try...
by Freida Neiman | Nov 17, 2020 | Emotions, Growth, happiness, self-love
Get Nourished & Thrive Again With all that’s happened this past year, many of us are living in a constant state of fight, flight, or freeze. It’s been months since the pandemic has impacted our lives, and the effect of prolonged stress and disconnection is...
by Natalie Vartanian | Sep 5, 2019 | happiness, joy, letting in the good
For as happy and bubbly of a person as I am, I have an odd and strained relationship with joy. It’s okay if I am creating it for others, or basking in it with others–especially when I am basking in it for others. However joy for the pure sake of joy? For purely...
by Bridgett Vadeboncoeur | Aug 29, 2019 | happiness, joy, personal growth
It hasn't been easy to be in a long term relationship with happiness.For those of you familiar with the Enneagram I am a Seven, also known as an “Enthusiast”. The Enneagram is a personality typing system that beautifully marries spirituality and psychology,...
